Biodiversity(生物多樣性), or biological diversity, is a wide-ranging concept that covers all the different kinds of plant and animal species present on earth. Environmentalists believe that many millions of species exist. As all these living organisms are dependent on each other in some way, biodiversity is desirable. Any loss to the planet is actually a loss for mankind as well, and it is our responsibility to try and save Earth’s biodiversity.

Biodiversity has a vital role to play in the evolution（演變）of species. Species become extinct, but new species evolve, and this is how a balance is maintained. This may sound pretty simple, but it takes millions of years for changes to take place.

Biodiversity is also very important to the stability of food webs. Damage to them can mean disaster for an entire ecosystem. The extinction of a single animal species can put huge pressure on the numerous other species dependent on it.

Biodiversity also has an important role to play in human society. Apart from being the most intelligent species on earth, human beings are also the most dependent. We depend on nature to meet our basic needs. When we change the balance of nature to create our cities and bring about our technical advances, we knowing or unknowing cause great damage to the ecosystem. This must be understood, and the damages must be reversed（顛倒）in any way they can to ensure that the balance of the ecosystem is maintained.

1.We learn from the first paragraph that_________.

A biodiversity can be seen

B all living species are found on earth.

C people everywhere are aware of the importance of biodiversity

D the loss of any species can affect humans

2.Why can change in food webs lead to disaster?

A Because it can make people suffer from disease

B Because it can put huge pressure on some species

C Because it takes a long time for such changes to take place

D Because it will damage ninety-nine percent of species

3.What does the underlined word probably mean?

A Immovability  B Peace  C Strength  D Variety

4.We learn from the last paragraph that __________.

A humans are as independent as they are intelligent

B the balance of the ecosystem is easily maintained

C nature has given us a lot

D nature is taking revenge on us

5.Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

A Food Webs are Closely Related to Biodiversity.

B Biodiversity Plays a Very Important Role in Evolution

C How Biodiversity Affects Human Society.

D Understanding Biodiversity and Its Importance.

Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis Cricket — anything with a round ball, I was useless." he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England's rural Devonshire.

It was a mountain bike he received for his 15^th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.

The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway's school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man's cold-water exploits (成就). Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future. Journeys to the Pole aren't the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. "John Ridgway was one of the few who didn't say, 'You are completely crazy,'" Saunders says.

In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter (遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.

Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he's skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.

This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.

1.The turning point in Saunders' life came when ________.

2.We can learn from the text that Ridgway ________.

3.What do we know about Saunders?

4.The underlined word "Intrigued" in the third paragraph probably means ________.

5.It can be inferred that Saunders' journey to the North Pole ________.

根據(jù)對(duì)話內(nèi)容，從對(duì)話后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并將答案標(biāo)號(hào)填寫在本題下面相應(yīng)題號(hào)后的橫線上。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)多余選項(xiàng)。

—Now, tell me about the man who stole your neighbor’s car. What did he look like?

—Well, sir. He was tall…

—     1    

—Oh yes, and he was younger than you — only about thirty, I’d say.

—Well! And what color was his hair?

—It was brown, and short… it was similar to yours, actually.

—      2    

—No, He was clean-shaven.

—OK. Now have a look at these photos — can you see him?

—     3    

—But that’s Frankie Famham — he’s got a beard, and he’s very short!

—Hm, well…

—    4    

—Yes, the strangest thing was that he appeared to be a gentleman — he was wearing a suit… not like a thief at all.

—Hm, like this photo?

—Yes, that’s him!

—That’s Bill Mahony: he’s in prison! Are you sure you saw the thief?

—     5    

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯(cuò)誤。對(duì)標(biāo)有題號(hào)的每一行作出判斷：如無錯(cuò)誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫一個(gè)勾（√）；如有錯(cuò)誤（每行只有一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤），則按下列情況改正：

此行多一個(gè)詞：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

此行缺一個(gè)詞：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

此行錯(cuò)一個(gè)詞，在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

注意：原行沒有錯(cuò)的不要改。

The finally event in the Olympics is the                           1_____________

marathon, which name comes from a battle                           2_____________

in Ancient Greece. One of the most famous                       3____________

marathons is in New York , watch by                             4____________

two million people. Great Wall Marathon,                        5____________

which most competitors find the toughest course                  6____________

to be run. There are marathons around the                       7____________

world today and most of people can run one                      8____________

if you train for it. As time passes, many                       9____________

changes have happened the marathon.                              10_____________

請(qǐng)以Friendship為題寫一篇120字左右的短文。短文內(nèi)容需包含以下要點(diǎn)：

友誼的重要性。(至少兩點(diǎn))

如何建立友誼。

怎樣維系良好的友誼。（至少兩點(diǎn)）

He often come to work early and he is ____ late for work.

I want you ____ with me every day.

I try ___ a lot of vegetables.

I’m not feeling ______, I _____ see a doctor.

A good; will have to    B. good; must  

C. well; will have    D. well; must

My mother ___once a week.